FG to summon S’African envoy over botched arms deal

There are strong indications that the Federal Government may summon the South African Ambassador to Nigeria, Lulu Mnguni, over the botched arms deal which led to the seizure of millions of dollars meant for the purchase of military hardware.

It was learnt that some senior officials met on Wednesday in Abuja where they decided that the time was ripe for Nigeria to address frontally the embarrassing blockage of the arms deal by South Africa.

The South African authorities had confiscated $9.5m and $7.5m meant for purchase of arms by Nigeria in two separate incidents, on the guise that the deals did not conform to due process, according to its laws.